Author: Peter

Dear Velma

Dear Velma, You seem like a smart lady.  I mean, you wear glasses and sweaters, so I can only assume that you are smart.  But

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Vacation Album

Ah, the Southwest.  Nothing like the desert slathered in green chili.  But you know what’s really great about the southwest is all of the great

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Harvey Pekar RIP

Harvey Pekar 1939-Yesterday Almost everything you read about Harvey Pekar starts with a question.  And usually that question is, Who is Harvey Pekar? The really

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Batman Gets International

So recently I just read this trade paperback called, Batman: International.  Let’s keep the snickering to a minimum.  The basic idea here is that somebody

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Six List: Barbecue

This week’s list us sort of for a specific set of people:  People who are opening barbecue restaurants.  I love barbecue.  Some people will eat

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Harley Out of Hand

Okay, this is something that’s been pissing me off for a little while now. Everybody, can we calm down on the Harley merchandise? Seriously, what’s

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Six List: Bad Advice

This week’s list consits of six pieces of advice you’ve probably heard that are totally wrong.  So wrong that it’s a wonder that we’ve even

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Convenience Valet

w/ guest art by someone who didn’t probably mean for it to happen. So the other day I bought some pills at the gas station. 

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Predators

Things That Make Me Excited to See the New Movie Predators: -Danny Trejo -Laurence Fishburne -Topher Grace (I guarantee you there will be a scene

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Spiders All in Bloom

Things I Wish I Had Said Out Loud When a Spider Came Rappelling Down From the Shorts I Had Just Put On: “This is outrageous!” “This

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Book Review

Here’s a new gem from the book sale.  This book uses teh tactic of putting animals in place of the balding, swarthy sweat piles that

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6 List and Updates

Welcome to this week’s 6 List.  This is a new feature here at Helpful; Snowman, a weekly column that will help me share my sage

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What Shakespeare Did

8 AM-  Shakespeare wakes up, ruins all of 8th grade by writing some shit play about this broad who loves this dude and they can’t

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Really Good/Bad News for Me

“…hair-sprouting moles are less likely to mutate. ‘Melanoma kills hair follicles, so hair is considered a sign of mole health,’ Davis adds. Keep in mind that

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